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Friday, February 16, 2018

Letting Out Their Wild Side (Feline Friday) and Friendly Fill-Ins

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Feline Friday was started by Steve, The Burnt Food Dude, and i'm going to believe it's because he likes cats.

He has handed hosting duties off to Sandee, of Comedy Plus, and it's simple to join, just follow the link to Sandee's page for the rules and the code.

Some of the kittens at the shelter were feeling their oats this week:

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Friendly Fill-Ins are easy to do. There are four statements: the first two statements are provided by Ellen of 15AndMeowing, and the final two are offered by McGuffy Ann Morris of McGuffy's Reader. They try to make sure the statements will be fun to both answer and share. The linky will be posted at or about 12:00 AM on Friday. Please head over to one of their sites, link up, and share your thoughts!

My fill-ins for the statements are underlined:

Week 93: February 16, 2018

1. My Chinese zodiac animal is .

2. My zodiac sign is .

3. Income tax season .

4. In hindsight, .

My Chinese zodiac animal is, from the chart on McGuffy's Reader, the rabbit. Sweetie's is the snake. Maybe that explains a few things, but i doubt it.

My zodiac sign is (pardon me while i check to make sure) the crab, Cancer. Sweetie is a Scorpio (thus my delight in the holiday on November 18 called "Married to a Scorpio Support Day"). No, i don't believe these signs explain much, either.

Income tax season (pardon me while i run screaming from the room [Sound of retreating footsteps. Door slam. Muffled scream. Door opening. Sound of approaching footsteps.] there, that's better) could probably be a lot worse, but i would rather not know how.

In hindsight, i should have started saving for retirement a lot earlier, and so should everyone else.

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Today is:

9-1-1 Day -- the first 911 call in North America was placed, demonstrating the new system, on this day in 1968

Akiyoshidai Yamayaki -- Akiyoshidai, Japan (dry grass on the mountain side is burned in this coming of spring ceremony; date subject to change)

Do a Grouch a Favor Day -- internet generated attempt to get us to either get the grouches on our side, or make us cynical

Great Back Yard Bird Count begins -- a four day project for anyone from across North America; count birds for a few minutes a day today, or every day for the next four days, and report in, thus giving a real time idea of where the birds are now

Kyoto Protocol Day -- International (treaty on climate change; today is proposed as "Wear purple for Kyoto Day")

Losar/Loshar (Lunar New Year) -- Bhutan; Nepal; Tibet (this is Tibetan Year 2145, and it's dominant gender is male, dominant element is earth, and dominant animal is the dog)

Lunar New Year/Chinese New Year/Lhosar/Seol-Nal/Tet -- celebrations throughout Asia, some before and some after this "official" Western date, some for up to a month; Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist celebrations

Sonam Lhosar -- Nepal (Tamang New Year)

National Almond Day

National Date Festival -- Indio, CA, US (a most exotic county fair, the date comes from the land of the Arabian Nights and this festival celebrates all aspects of the theme; through the 25th)

Reenactment of the Battle of Olustee -- Olustee, FL, US (largest Civil War battle in Florida; through Sunday)

Respectable Tales of Kelp-Koli -- Fairy Calendar (5 minutes only)

St. Juliana of Cumae's Day (Patron of the ill)

St. Onesimus' Day (runaway slave of Philemon, converted by Paul, of whom the Letter to Philemon was written)

Very cute kittens. I don't really believe in these signs either, but it is fun to see if any of our personalities match what they say. I love your answer for #3 and so true about #4. Have a nice weekend!

Let's hope those kittens will be adopted soon. It's tough seeing them in a cage even if they look like they're having fun.

OK, I'll play..

1) I'm a rooster2) Capricorn3) Income tax season used to stress me to the max, but not since we got a bookkeeper and an accountant. Now they worry.4) In hindsight, we could've saved more for retirement but only because you can never save enough.